NAIA Volleyball Player of the Week – No. 9

Walker records 35-plus assists in three of five matches last week

November 05, 2013

By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Beth Walker of Bellevue (Neb.) has been named the NAIA Volleyball National Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Walker was selected based on her performances from Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 and was chosen out of a pool of conference player of the week selections among 23 conferences and independents.

Walker, a 5-foot-9 sophomore setter from Dubuque, Iowa, averaged 11.3 assists per set, to go along with a .302 attack percentage during Bellevue's 4-1 week. Her highlight came in the 3-1 win (25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 25-18) over Briar Cliff (Iowa) on Nov. 1 when she posted 57 assists and chipped in 13 digs. The assists total was one-shy of a season high. She also had a double-double, her 15h of the season, with 37 assists and 12 digs in the 3-0 sweep (25-22, 25-11, 25-11) of Haskell (Kan.) on Oct. 29. In national statistics, Walker ranks first in total assists (1,514) and fifth in assists per set (11.2).

Her 57 assists against Briar Cliff were part of a 67-assist team effort. That total was the most by a Bellevue club since Aug. 27, 2011 (73).

For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.